Albemarle Supervisors to Look at Habitat for Humanity's Plans for Southwood

Albemarle County supervisors will take up a performance agreement between the county and Habitat for Humanity for the first phase of a revitalization project at the Southwood mobile home park.

Wednesday, June 12th 2019, 10:44 PM EDT

Edited by Emmy Freedman

The rezoning would allow Habitat to build up to 34 units per acre on this 32.5-acre property.

ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) -
At the next Albemarle County Board of Supervisors meeting, supervisors will take up a performance agreement between the county and Habitat for Humanity for the first phase of a revitalization project at the Southwood mobile home park.

Habitat wants to transform the 350-unit park into a combination of affordable housing options and mixed-income rental units.

Under the agreement, Albemarle County would invest up to $3.2 million in direct contributions and tax rebates for Habitat to build 155 affordable housing units on a 32.5-acre parcel.

Phase one of the project is estimated to cost $94 million with the entire revitalization coming in at $250 million.